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The hub of the world’s financial The on-site 9/11 Memorial
markets, the New York Stock Museum showcases collections
Exchange (NYSE) is housed in a relating to the history of the
17-story building built in 1903. World Trade Center and the
Initially, trading in stocks and 9/11 attacks, including personal
shares took place haphazardly in testimonies, videos and tributes
the area, but 24 brokers signed of remembrance.
an agreement in 1792 to deal In 2012, the One World Trade
only with one another. This Center was completed and, at
formed the basis of the NYSE. 1,776 ft (541 m), finally stood as
Membership was strictly limited the tallest skyscraper in the US.
and a “seat” that cost $25 in 1817 High-speed elevators whisk
can now cost as much as several visitors to the observatory on the
million dollars. The NYSE became 102nd floor for views of the city.
a for-profit public company in
2006. The NYSE has weathered
slumps and booms and has seen
advances in technology, from
Trinity Church at the foot of Wall Street ticker tape to electronic trading.
1 Wall Street R Trinity Church
Broadway at Wall St. Tel (212) 602-
Map B5. q 2, 3, 4, 5 to Wall St, 1, R 0800. Open 8am–6pm daily. 5
to Rector St. @ M1, M6, M15.
12:05pm Mon–Fri, 9am, 11:15am Sun.
Named for the Dutch wall 8 Concerts: 1pm Thu & occasionally
that kept rival colonists from 5pm Sun. ∑ trinitywallstreet.org
England out of Manhattan, Wall P New York Stock Exchange
Street is now the heart of the
city’s financial district. One of 20 Broad St. Tel (212) 656-3000.
the prominent sites here is Closed visitors’ gallery closed for
security reasons. ^ ∑ nyse.com
the Federal Reserve Bank on
Liberty Street. Inspired by the Arturo di Modica’s charging bull sculpture,
Italian Renaissance, this is a iconic symbol of Wall Street, New York City
government bank for banks, 2 One World Trade
where US currency is issued. Center and 9/11 3 Battery Park
On Wall Street itself is the Memorial Map B5. q South Ferry, Bowling
Federal Hall National Green. ∑ batteryparkcity.org
Monument, where a bronze Map B5. Greenwich St, between
statue of George Washington Fulton and Liberty Sts. q Cortlandt This 18th-century park, named
on the steps marks the St, Rector St, WTC Station. 9/11 for the British cannons that once
site where the nation’s first Memorial Tel (212) 266-5211. Open protected New York, is one of
president took his oath of 7:30am–9pm daily. ∑ 911memo the best places in the city for
office in 1789 (see p71). The rial.org 9/11 Memorial Museum great views of the harbor. It offers
current imposing structure was Open 9am–8pm Sun–Thu (last entry statues and monuments, such
built between 1834 and 1842 6pm), 9am–9pm Fri & Sat (last entry as Castle Clinton and the East
as the US Custom House, and 7pm). & One World Trade Center Coast Memorial dedicated to
Tel (844) 696-1776. Open late May–
is one of the finest Greek early Sep 9am–midnight (last entry US service men killed in the
Revival designs in the city. 11:15pm); early Sep–mid-May Atlantic during World War II.
At the head of Wall Street is 9am–8pm (last entry 7:15pm). Other attractions include the
Trinity Church. Built in 1846, ∑ oneworldobservatory.com SeaGlass Carousel, aquatic-
this square-towered Episcopal themed merry-go-round, and
church is the third one on this The area known as Ground the Pier A Harbor House, built as
site in one of America’s oldest Zero after the 9/11 attacks has the New York Harbor Police
Anglican parishes, founded in been utterly transformed. At headquarters in 1886 and now
1697. Designed by Richard its heart is the poignant 9/11 home to bars and restaurants.
Upjohn, it was one of the Memorial, consisting of twin On its eastern side is the
grandest churches of its day, reflecting pools that shimmer Smithsonian National Museum
marking the beginning of the in the “footprints” of where the of the American Indian. The
best period of Gothic Revival Twin Towers once stood. museum houses a million
architecture in America. Its These feature the largest artifacts along with an archive of
280-ft (85-m) steeple was New man-made waterfalls in North photographs repre senting the
York’s tallest structure until America. Around them, etched Native American culture. On the
the 1860s. Many famous in bronze, are the names of all park’s west side, the Museum of
New Yorkers are buried here. 2,983 victims. Jewish Heritage remembers to
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp122–4 and pp125–7

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